Lesotho - Electricity Supply Project

This intervention concerns the Electricity Supply Project. It aims to support investments in the electricity supply infrastructure to enhance the electricity access rate and to ensure improved efficiency, to reduce peaking shortages and, therefore, assist the country to reduce poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The expected outcomes of the project was to: (i) increase domestic use of electricity to fulfill energy needs (17 MW by 2011); (ii) improve public facilities (e.g. health & education) as a result of availability of electricity (power cuts in clinics/schools in project area is reduced from 3 hours/day in 2007 to 2 hours/day in 2012); (iii) increase economic activity in industrial, agricultural and commercial sectors as a result of availability of electricity (number of SMEs in project areas increased from 150 in 2007 to 300 in 2012); (iv) expand the use of clean energy and partial replacement of non- renewable energy sources; (v) improve utility performance; and (vi) reduce power outages during peak time.